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index 39e6207269..1ae3c899ef 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -117,27 +117,27 @@ parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit).
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed
on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
branches to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?',
- '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
+ '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
--tags[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed
on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
- tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '*',
- or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
+ tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}',
+ or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
--remotes[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
- If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
+ If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
--glob=<glob-pattern>::
Pretend as if all the refs matching shell glob '<glob-pattern>'
are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. Leading 'refs/',
- is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*',
- or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
+ is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}',
+ or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
--ignore-missing::
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ excluded from the output.
+
For example, `--cherry-pick --right-only A...B` omits those
commits from `B` which are in `A` or are patch-equivalent to a commit in
-`A`. In other words, this lists the `{plus}` commits from `git cherry A B`.
+`A`. In other words, this lists the `+` commits from `git cherry A B`.
More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact
list.
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ The effect of this is best shown by way of comparing to
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+
-Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\--full-history':
+Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '--full-history':
+
--
* `N`'s parent list had `I` removed, because it is an ancestor of the
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ of course).
When we want to find out what commits in `M` are contaminated with the
bug introduced by `D` and need fixing, however, we might want to view
only the subset of 'D..M' that are actually descendants of `D`, i.e.
-excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '\--ancestry-path'
+excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '--ancestry-path'
option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in:
+
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